Open Access<p>Scenarios to Manage the Demand for N95 Respirators for Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic</p>
Author(s) -
Yan Sun,
Hirono Otomaru,
Sharon Esi Duoduwa Quaye,
Jyoti Somani,
Natasha Bagdasarian,
Darius Beh,
Dale Fisher,
Alex R. Cook,
Borame Sue Lee Dickens
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s275496
Subject(s) - respirator , pandemic , covid-19 , economic shortage , health care , isolation (microbiology) , intensive care , healthcare system , medicine , medical emergency , business , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virology , economics , economic growth , disease , biology , linguistics , philosophy , materials science , government (linguistics) , microbiology and biotechnology , composite material , outbreak
By estimating N95 respirator demand based on simulated epidemics, we aim to assist planning efforts requiring estimations of respirator demand for the healthcare system to continue operating safely in the coming months.